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Saturday, October 13, 2012

Don McLean of Goddesschess Passed Away

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In his sleep, Thursday night/Friday morning.  I received notification from his twin sister, Anne, earlier today.  Don was 61. Don (his Can...
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Friday, October 12, 2012

Russian Nazca Lines?

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Interesting... LiveScience.com/Image copyright 2012 Geoeye, copyright 2012 GIS Innovatsia, courtesy Google Earth. A historical Google E...

Kennewick Man: Not From Around Here, Dude!

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From the Seattle Times Originally published Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 8:19 PM     Kennewick Man bones not from Columbia Valley, scien...
Thursday, October 11, 2012

FIDE October 2012 Ratings Lists

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Hola darlings! Just a short post tonight. GM Judit Polgar has got her ELO back up over 2700 and is now in - gulp - 40th place overall in...
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Monday, October 8, 2012

16th Unive Tournament 2012

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Wow!  This is going to be an extremely interesting event, with GM Hou Yifan now assuming, it seems, the former throne of GM Judit Polgar who...

FM Lorita Mwango in 2nd Place in African Jr. Chess Championship

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From The Times of Zambia Mwango jumps into 2nd position jr chess tourney October 8, 2012   Fide Master Lorita Mwango, Zambia. By...

Celebrate National Chess Day on October 13, 2012

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9 Queens is putting together a special celebration.  If you're in the Tucson area, check it out! Celebrate National Chess Day with...
Sunday, October 7, 2012

Spooky Burial from Old New England

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Cue spooky music oooooohhhhoooooohhhoohooooooohhhhoooooohhoooohhhhooooooo.... Holy Shades of the Living Dead, Bat Woman! Yes, Dildohead,...

Abi-El and ed-Dur

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A rather disjointed article - is the point really that some copies of some copies of coins - with the copies of copies having an inscription...
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Saturday, October 6, 2012

Mayan Ball Court Shows Ties to the Celestial

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Mexico: Mayan ball court was celestial 'marker' October 5, 2012 RSS Feed Print By MARK STEVENSON, Associated Pres...

Shake-Up in "Caveman" Gender Assumptions

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Oh, those assumptions we all carry around with us.  Some of the most damaging are what we assume about the opposite sex, based on - smoke an...

Original Paper on the "Warrior Queen" of El-Peru Waka'

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Published at Washington University, this is the original paper upon which recent news articles took their information.  It's in PDF form...

State Budget Cuts Affect Access to Archives

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Hola darlings! Yeah, in the greater scheme of things, state budget cuts due - supposedly in response to the Great Depression II that we ca...
Friday, October 5, 2012

GM Josh Friedel At Hales Corners Challenge XVI!

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Do you want to try your moves against a GM? GM Josh Friedel will be playing! 10 USCF Grand Prix Points 4SS, G/60. 2 Sections: Open an...
Thursday, October 4, 2012

Brooklyn IS 318 in USA Today

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This Brooklyn middle school develops master chess players - a photo essay Love this pic of Elizabeth Vicary Spiegel with "her" k...

Why Bias Holds Women Back

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From CNN Why bias holds women back By Meg Urry , Special to CNN updated 5:25 PM EDT, Mon October 1, 2012   Editor's note: M...

Mayan Warrior Queen's Tomb

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From Reuters: Warrior queen's tomb in Guatemala gives up Mayan secrets By Mike McDonald GUATEMALA CITY | Wed Oct 3, 2012 9:00...
Monday, October 1, 2012

Roman Die Made of Elephant Ivory

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From BBC News: 24 September 2012 Last updated at 11:58 ET Roman die at Gloucester museum 'made of elephant ivory' A scientif...

Of Prostitutes and Prophets

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An interesting article at Haaretz Online.  You need to sign up to view the full article - but it's free, and registration entitles you t...
Saturday, September 29, 2012

The New York Times on 2012 Women's GP Ankara

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From The New York Times Chess Women’s Champion Cements Her Status at Grand Prix By DYLAN LOEB McCLAIN Published: September 29, 2012 ...